Defense Conversion: Achieving U.S.-Russian Cooperation for an Orderly Build-Downand Economic Renewal. Fall 1992 Gateway Seminar Report. Held on October 15-18, 1992

摘要

The report synthesizes the proceedings of a seminar, held in Fall 1992, at whichsenior officials from Russian ministries involved in defense conversion, U.S. Administration officials, defense conversion experts, Russian defense enterprise managers, and American business people, all acting as private citizens, gathered to discuss the issues involved and to develop recommendations for U.S.-Russian cooperation on defense conversion and economic renewal. The seminar's key output was the 'Bread Loaf Charter', a brief, overarching statement of problems that need to be addressed and actions that need to be taken. The Charter calls for two specific actions: (1) to convene experts from both sides to define principles of mutual security and agree upon actions to implement these principles in way that ensure defense conversion and economic renewal in Russia; and (2) organize a U.S.-Russian business working group to develop strategies to generate mutually beneficial trade and investment, especially strategies that will promote defense conversion. The report includes a commentary which expands on some of the Charter's key points, as well as the seminar's keynote address, a summary of seminar presentations, and the texts of three papers which examine more closely the obstacles and opportunities for U.S. businesses in Russian defense conversion.